The Chisinau Appeals Court, which was to examine the complaint of the leader of the Party “Action and Solidarity” Maia Sandu on November 25, said it is not within its competence to pronounce on this case. The Court will explain its motives on November 28, but Maia Sandu’s lawyer Nicolae Rosca expressed his readiness to file an appeal to the Supreme Court of Justice.

Maia Sandu requested the Appeals Court to annul the decision by which the Central Election Commission confirmed the victory of Igor Dodon in the presidential elections, invoking nine types of violations that affected the election outcome, including her score. Also, the CEC said that only the Constitutional Court has the right to validate or invalidate the elections, while the CC suggested that this is the prerogative of the common law courts.

In another case, at the Centru Court, a group of almost 140 Moldovans from eight states complained that their right to vote in the November 13 presidential runoff was infringed because there were not enough ballots for them.

The court decided to merge all the complaints into a case, but will start to examine this also on November 28.

The same day, the court is to examine an application filed by the Chisinau District Council - the accused in the case - which requested to drop the case because the preliminary conflict resolution procedures weren’t respected. The lawyers for the Moldovans from the diaspora classed this request as groundless.